How many FTE’s are being misused by Excel jockeying? Could these same efforts be spent analyzing your company’s information? Since FTE’s are very precious, utilization of staff time could be used in diagnosing issues, completing the budgeting process, or creating new reports. Especially in today’s world with the exponential growth of data, using advances in technology allows everyone to work with data in a more efficient manner.

How can you manage data?

How can you work with data?

How can you communicate data?

We will provide tips on understanding how to manage your data, work with that data, and at end of the day, effectively communicate the data. PhDs are earned in each one of these categories. We will present and discuss strategies to answer the three questions shown above and will illustrate how each are dependent on and interactive with each other.

About the Speakers: Art Fletcher & Russ Snead of Filius Bonacci

Art Fletcher, President, CMA:

Art is an Oregon native born and raised attending Jesuit High School in Portland. After high school, Art attended Gonzaga University School of Business Administration receiving an Industrial Accounting degree in 1987. Since College, Art has taken 3 Oregon companies thru successful initial public offerings. In 2008, with 25 years of financial and reporting experience, Art started Filius Bonacci, a Corporate Management consulting firm focusing on Business Intelligence.

Russ Snead, Chief Technical Officer:

Russ spent his youth in Alaska and Washington, graduating from Dimond High in Anchorage then heading to Idaho to attend the University of Idaho. Russ graduated with a Master’s degree in Architecture with minors in design and Computer Science. Since college, Russ’ focus has been on data architect and DBA management. With 26 years of experience, he joined Filius Bonacci in 2010 and became a partner in 2012.

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About Dileep Kulkarni, Director at Expense Reduction Analysts:

Dileep brings 25 years of corporate finance & business development executive experience to Expense Reduction Analysts (ERA). Before joining ERA, Dileep was part of Global Supply Chain, driving strategic deals - experience that is valuable in finding and extracting cash from the supply base. He brings high enthusiasm, detailed analysis and creative problem solving with excellent interpersonal skills to his audiences. Dileep is a member of the local Financial Executive International (FEI) chapter.